Anyone who has ever had to track down an old order - in - council or find a controversial pollution
report by government scientists will appreciate how hard it can be.
Despite more than 100 published
studies by government scientists and university laboratories that have raised health concerns about the chemical, the Food and Drug Administration has deemed it safe largely because of two studies, both funded by a chemical industry trade group.
Some cancellations stem from policy guidance that the U.S. government issued to agencies this spring to clamp down on
travel by government scientists to Russia.
The root of the problem, according to EWG, is failure on the part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), despite repeated requests from public health and consumer advocates, to implement sunscreen safety standards, some of which were
proposed by government scientists more than three decades ago.
The report comes amid an ongoing controversy over steps taken by the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to regulate public
comments by government scientists.
The last
prediction by government scientists, led by Nicholas Day at the University of Cambridge and finalised in 1989, predicted 1600 cases for 1992, with upper and lower ranges of 950 and 2800.
The Fluoride Shell Game We've known for decades that excess ingestion of fluoride causes a long list of serious health problems, but now it turns out that what's in our water is even more dangerous than what has been
tested by government scientists.
In a telephone interview Monday night, Rear Adm. Mary E. Landry of the Coast Guard said the impending effort to choke the well in a procedure called a «top kill» had been
vetted by government scientists.
(The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a report documenting the numerous ways in which Philip Cooney modified the scientific conclusions of materials
produced by government scientists.
On August 7th, a broad climate change report
drafted by government scientists from 13 federal agencies that was leaked to the press indicated the average U.S. temperature «has risen rapidly and drastically» to historic levels since the 1980s.
Baseline temperature averages
issued by government scientists this week indicate that temperatures across the United States were half a degree warmer on average from 1981 to 2010 than they were from 1971 to 2010.
The scientists charged that, to support President Bush's decision not to regulate emissions that cause climate change, the administration has «consistently misrepresented»
findings by government scientists.
The U.S. Department of the Interior's «Proposed Scientific Integrity Policy» addresses only issues of scientific
misconduct by government scientists, while ignoring the problem of political interference in and misuse of science, which has been by far the greater problem at... Continue reading →
Alan Jones has been
sued by a government scientist of almost four decades» service after the broadcaster accused him of doctoring a report on a wind farm.